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What Triggered the Anglo-French Conflict in 1754 That Inaugurated the French

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What triggered the Anglo-French conflict in 1754 that inaugurated the French and Indian War?


A) British speculators, mostly Virginians, claimed land in the Ohio Valley where the French were erecting forts to control the Ohio River.
B) The British attempted to build forts along the Ohio River to inhibit French trade.
C) An intense rivalry developed between England and France for the friendship of the local Iroquois tribes.
D) French and British fisherman clashed over fishing rights off the cod-rich coasts of lower Canada and New England.
E) Both countries wanted control of the Mississippi trade at the disputed settlement of New Orleans.

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